FINAL REPORT - Save the Children Italia Onlus

IIIPARTFINAL REPORTDevelopment of a Child Rights Methodology to Identify and Support Child Victims of TraffickingG) RISK AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT (immediate and in the long term)1. Are you afraid that someone is going to hurtyou?2. Is there anything more you want to know?3. Do you know what you want to do now?Objective:• to assess the child’s perception of his/herpersonal security or the security of otherpersons related to him/her;• to know if the child already received supportand useful information to allow them to makeinformed decisions about their future;• to understand whether the child has an ideaabout what direction their future will take.Concluding the interviewThe interviewer should summarise the information gathered in the interview,expressing an initial opinion on the options available to the child to ensure theirprotection, who should be given the opportunity to express their views. The interviewershould then give the child an overview of the immediate procedure that will be followed.Finally, the interviewer should stress again that any action taken is in his/her best interestand that his/her protection is a priority.FINAL REPORTDevelopment of a Child Rights Methodology to Identify and Support Child Victims of Trafficking8. National seminarsOver the months from September to November 2007, 4 national seminars wereorganised in the four project countries, bringing together relevant stakeholdersworking in the field of child trafficking, including, law enforcement agents, NGOrepresentatives, the judiciary and public institutions 41 .In these occasions, the AGIS methodology of identification and support of child victimswas discussed with the participants, with a view to sharing knowledge and expertise.Furthermore, thanks to the valuable support and feedback received by the participants,the methodology was eventually improved.In the seminars the methodology was presented to the participants by the various projectofficers while experts from law enforcement agencies, NGOs, the judiciary andinstitutions, were invited to provide specific comments. In addition, during workinggroups the participants were given the opportunity to discuss the methodology in furtherdetail.In particular, the following topics were covered:• the identification of profiles and development of indicators for the identification ofchild victims of trafficking;• child rights principles applicable to procedures for cooperation between stakeholderson identification and support; recommendations on good practices to be followed asfar as the organisation, structure and approach towards protection and support areconcerned; methodological framework to guide the development of recommendationson operating procedures to be implemented, age assessment procedures andprocedures to assess the relations between a child and accompanying adults;• ethical and methodological principles applicable during interviews of child victims andpresumed victims of trafficking.IIIPARTConclusions on these topics were then presented and discussed in plenary.The project coordinator provided support and, where needed, clarification on theobjective and contents of the methodology.Furthermore, as mentioned in section 7.1 of this report, a specific protocol for theidentification and support of child victims of trafficking was developed by Save theChildren Italy. At the seminar organised in Rome, the protocol was presented as anexample of an exhaustive tool for identifying and supporting child victims developed byusing the AGIS methodology.Similarly, by using the AGIS methodology, the other project partners developed tablesof profiles and lists of indicators of trafficking that were presented and discussed at theirseminars.7441The full programmesof the 4 nationalseminars are availableon the projectpartners’ websites.75